diff --git a/lib/vagrant/guest.rb b/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
index 1265e65dc..7883df987 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ module Vagrant
       initialize_capabilities!(guest_name, @guests, @capabilities, @machine)
     end
 
+    # Returns the specified or detected guest type name.
+    #
+    # @return [Symbol]
+    def name
+      capability_host_chain[0][0]
+    end
+
     # This returns whether the guest is ready to work. If this returns
     # `false`, then {#detect!} should be called in order to detect the
     # guest OS.
@@ -42,12 +49,5 @@ module Vagrant
     def ready?
       !!capability_host_chain
     end
-
-    # Returns the specified or detected guest type name
-    #
-    # @return [Symbol]
-    def name
-      capability_host_chain[0][0]
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/guest_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/guest_test.rb
index 0a7d76001..ffae22a4f 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/guest_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/guest_test.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ describe Vagrant::Guest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#name" do
+    it "should be the name of the detected guest" do
+      guests[:foo] = [detect_class(true), nil]
+      guests[:bar] = [detect_class(false), nil]
+
+      subject.detect!
+      expect(subject.name).to eql(:foo)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#ready?" do
     before(:each) do
       guests[:foo] = [detect_class(true), nil]